Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Quote by Barack Obama

Topics: Focus Quotes, Life Quotes

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for...

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for...

I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What...

I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What...

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to...

The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to...

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've...

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable...

Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of...

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle...

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle...

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are...

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are...

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the...

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of...

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of...

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists...

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists...

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health...

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health...

Why can't I just eat my waffle?

Why can't I just eat my waffle?

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My...

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My...

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and...

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and...